====== Working in text mode ====== ===== Howto change the keyboard layout in text mode on a linux-based operating system ===== Posted by Jimmy Huybrechts on Tuesday 21 June 2011 [16:28] Whenever you want to change the keyboard layout of the shell eg. terminal or ssh of a linux system you can do this in the following way: === Debian based distro's === You can find all the different keymaps in the following location: /usr/share/keymaps/i386/ or /usr/share/kbd/keymaps/i386/ to change the keymap you can do the following: loadkeys us ( if you want the united states international keymap ) === Redhat based distro's === You can find all the different keymaps in the following location: /lib/kbd/keymaps/i386 to change the keymap you can do the following: loadkeys us ( if you want the united states international keymap ) ===== Shutdown and reboot ===== shutdown -h now shutdown -r now ===== Copy files over ssh ===== scp [[user@]from-host:]source-file [[user@]to-host:][destination-file] [[http://www.garron.me/linux/scp-linux-mac-command-windows-copy-files-over-ssh.html|source]] ===== MC shell connection ===== cd #sh:yourusername@example.com:[port]/home/username/ [[http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/29419/how-to-connect-through-sftp-to-a-non-standard-port-on-midnight-commander|source]]